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- Degree: Postdoctoral Research
- Year: 2006-2007
- Institution and Location
  San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
- Major Discipline
  Geological Sciences
- Degree: Ph.D.
- Year: 2006
- Institution and Location
  University of California, Riverside, CA
- Major Discipline
  Geological Sciences
- Degree: M.S.
- Year: 1994
- Institution and Location
  Ocean University of China, Qingdao, Shandong, China
- Major Discipline
  Applied Geophysics
- Degree: B.S.
- Year: 1991
- Institution and Location
  Ocean University of China, Qingdao, Shandong, China
- Major Discipline
  Applied Geophysics

Benchun Duan

Professor, Francesco Paolo di Gangi/Heep Endowed Professorship in Theoretical Geophysics, Department of Geology & Geophysics

Department(s): Department of Geology & Geophysics
Campus: Texas A&M University

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Phone: 979-845-3297
E-mail: bduan@geos.tamu.edu

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Reservoir geo-mechanics and geo-engineering; Petroleum exploration and production; Conventional/unconventional reservoirs; Natural/shale gas production; Nuclear safety and security

Research Summary

Dr. Duan’s research focuses on mechanical response of the Earth to natural and man-made disturbances, including natural earthquakes and hydraulic fracturing in natural/shale gas production. His expertise is numerical modeling of dynamic processes occurring on geometrically complex fault and fracture systems, and seismic wave propagation in realistic geologic structures. He develops a Finite Element Method code (EQdyna) to explore physical controls on earthquake dynamic rupture propagation, response of fault zones to nearby earthquakes, and physical limits on ground motion, and to examine interaction between hydraulic and natural fractures. Collaborating with computer scientists, he parallelizes EQdyna using a hybrid MPI/OpenMP approach to make use of modern computer clusters.

Professional Background

2013-Present	Associate Professor, Department of Geology & Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
2007-2013	Assistant Professor, Department of Geology & Geophysics, Texas A&M University
2001-2006	Graduate Student Research and Teaching Assistant, Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, CA
1994-2001	Researcher and Lecturer, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, Shandong, China

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